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Author: Torren, C.R. van der
Title: Investigating remission and relapse in type 1 diabetes. Immune correlates of clinical outcome in beta-cell replacement therapies
Issue Date: 2017-04-12
Investigating Remission and Relapse in Type 1 Diabetes
Immune Correlates of Clinical Outcome in
Beta-Cell Replacement Therapies
Investigating Remission and Relapse in Type 1 Diabetes
Immune Correlates of Clinical Outcome in Beta-Cell Replacement Therapies
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof.mr. C.J.J.M. Stolker,
volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op woensdag 12 april 2017
klokke 13:45 uur
door
Cornelis Rudolf van der Torren geboren te Heerlen in 1984 Cover design and lay-out: C.R. van der Torren
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ISBN: 978-94-6233-584-4
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Contents
Chapter 1. General Introduction
Chapter 2. Immune intervention trials towards a cure for type 1 diabetes De (om)Weg naar Genezing van Type 1 Diabetes 17 Chapter 3. Fate of Transplanted Islets, Local Insights
Identification of Donor Origin and Condition of Transplanted
Islets in situ in the Liver of a Type 1 Diabetic Recipient 29 Chapter 4. Immune Biomarkers of Islet Transplantation Outcome
A Pre-Transplant GAD-Autoantibody Status to Guide Prophylactic Antibody Induction Therapy in Simultaneous
Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation. 45
B Serum Cytokines as Biomarkers in Islet Cell Transplantation
for Type 1 Diabetes 59
Chapter 5. Consequences of Reducing Immunosuppressive Burden in Islet Transplantation
A Immune Responses against Islet Allografts during Tapering of
Immunosuppression - a Pilot Study in 5 Subjects 75 B Predictive Factors of Allosensitization following
Immunosuppressant withdrawal in Recipients of Long-Term
Cultured Islet Cell Grafts 89
Chapter 6. Immunogenicity of Beta-Cells from Alternative Sources A Innate and Adaptive Immunity to Human Beta-Cell Lines:
Implications for Beta-Cell Therapy 105
B Immunogenicity of Human Embryonic Stem Cell-derived
Beta-Cells 115
Chapter 7. General Discussion
R References & Abbreviations 141
& Summary 161
& Samenvatting 165
& Acknowledgements 169
& Curriculum Vitae 170
& Publications 171
PROMOTOREN
Prof.dr. B.O. RoepProf.dr. P. Gillard (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)
PROMOTIECOMMISSIE
Prof.dr. E.J.P. de Koning Dr. W. OostdijkDr. A.A. van Apeldoorn (Maastricht University)
Prof.dr. K. Buschard (The Bartholin Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark)
The work presented in this thesis was supported by the European Commission (FP6 and BetaCellTherapy, number 241883 in the FP7 program), Dutch Diabetes Research Foundation, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.